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In fact I have multiple OpenBSD and FreeBSD virtual machines installed. I run them regularly to test software. But my OpenBSD installs are from several years ag

In fact I have multiple OpenBSD and FreeBSD virtual machines installed. I run them regularly to test software. But my OpenBSD installs are from several years ago so maybe things have changed nowadays. However, on FreeBSD 9, all the stuff I can get from pkg_add is old. I always end up having to compile from ports. Years ago I had a FreeBSD 6 server. Ports updates always ended up breaking things (in addition to taking forever to compile) so I switched away from FreeBSD at some point. I'm not saying that there are no software for OpenBSD. I'm not saying that OpenBSD is not capable of running lots of stuff. I'm saying that for anything recent, you often end up having to compile software from source, which wastes CPU. I'm saying that if things go wrong then finding someone who can provide support is much harder than with Linux.

c-bayprogrammer 13y ago
> I'm saying that for anything recent, you often end up having to compile software from source... With regards to OpenBSD, your statement is factually incorrect. Most packages are up to date with OpenBSD. FreeBSD is not OpenBSD. Users of OpenBSD are discouaraged from compiling direclty from ports unless they have a good reason (and 99% of the time there is not a good reason.)
- FooBarWidget 13y ago
  Interesting, I guess my exposure to OpenBSD has been too limited.
Sssnake 13y ago
>However, on FreeBSD 9, all the stuff I can get from pkg_add is old FreeBSD is not OpenBSD. Stop lying and pretending you've tried OpenBSD when you clearly have not and are assuming it is the same as FreeBSD.